Brief Life History of Newell Leonard
When Newell Leonard Culver was born on 25 May 1863, in Schuyler, New York, United States, his father, William Culver, was 26 and his mother, Electa Louisa Leonard, was 22. He married Mable R. Morrison on 20 September 1893, in Bethany Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Bethany Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States for about 30 years. He died on 6 September 1952, in Alma, Gratiot, Michigan, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Saint Louis, Gratiot, Michigan, United States.
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- Leonard Culver in household of William Culver, "United States Census, 1910"
- N. L. Culver, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Newell Leonard Culver, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865
In 1865, the village of Pine River became part of St. Louis.
1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain
"The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit ""water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream."" H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, ""TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII""."
Name Meaning
English (Kent): from Middle English culver, colver ‘dove’ (Old English culfre, Late Latin columbula, a diminutive of columba), which Reaney suggests was used as a term of endearment. It may therefore have been applied as nickname for a lovelorn youth or perhaps for someone who used the expression indiscriminately. Otherwise, it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of doves or a nickname for someone bearing some fancied resemblance to a dove, such as mildness of temper.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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